Renaissance Faire Fairies
Now we are getting back into fairy festival and renaissance faire season it is time to start thinking about what to wear. For inspiration, take a peek at the Renaissance Faire Pictorial – featuring many pictures of the fair folk dressed in their faire finery. Even if you aren’t looking for costume ideas, it is still wonderfully uplifting to see the immense creativity and effort people put into their festival garb. On the site you will also find a fairy festival guide, and a links resource with many links to fantasy costume sites.
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (0)Fantasy Artists Emerging
Fantasy Artists Emerging, or FAE, is an online community providing support, promotion and networking for Faerie artists, whether established or just starting out. Their monthly Artist Spotlight showcases the work of up and coming artists along with an interview, and they hold bi-annual art contests where artists can submit work on a particular theme. For $50 artists can get a permanent gallery at FAE, but joining the rest of the site is free.
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (0)Journal of Mythic Arts Faerie Special
The afore mentioned Endicott Studio’s most recent edition of the Journal of Mythic Arts is a bumper double Summer/Autumn edition focusing on Faeries. With essays, poetry, fiction and art covering Faerie tales from the British Isles and folk and nature spirits from around the world.
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (0)Shy Faerie Photo Portfolio
For fantasy artists finding good references for figure drawing can sometimes be tricky – you can turn to adverts or pose books but these options can leave art looking very generic. Shy Faerie (aka Nedda Shishegar, June’s Artist of the Month) has collected together various photos with herself as model for use as reference by her fellow fantasy artists. Far from being an exercise in narcissism, they are very useful images. And besides, who wouldn’t want to look at pictures of such a lovely lady!
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (0)The Fairy Ring Association
Conceived as an international circle of friends who love faeries and angels, the Fairy Ring is a non-profit organisation based in the beautiful North Yorkshire coast. Founded in 1999 by Susan Hewitt, the association’s aim is to further the knowledge, love and respect for faeries and nature spirits as well as raise awareness of the magic found in this world. Annual membership includes a special certificate and membership card as well as subscription to ‘Fairy Tales’ – a quarterly journal.
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (1)Fey Realm
Fey Realm is a community and resource site for Fantasy artists and sculptors. It is still a fairly new site but has lots of potential to be a really useful tool for people looking for support and exposure for their art. It is free to join, and once a member you can create your own showcase page, add galleries, links, articles and participate in the forums. There is also a ‘Featured Site of the Month’ section for both artists and sculptors with interviews and galleries.
Filed under Resources & Community | Comment (0)The Endicott Studio – Journal of Mythic Arts
The Endicott Studio is ‘an interdisciplinary organisation dedicated to the creation and support of mythic art’. Founded in 1987 it is directed by Terri Windling and Midori Snyder and features contributions from an international circle of mythic artists and scholars. While the scope goes beyond the realms of faerie the online Journal of Mythic Art contains many articles of interest to faerie lovers. Each quarterly issue explores a different theme in myth and folklore and it is well worth taking the time to delve into the extensive archives.
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